The City School
District of Albany Board of Education has appointed John
C. Powell, an experienced elementary administrator and
teacher, as the new principal at Montessori Magnet
School. Powell will take over at the end of the current
school year for Malik Jones, who will begin his new role
as a co-principal at the district's new middle school at
50 North Lark St.

Powell came to
the district last fall as an assistant principal at
Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School. Prior to that,
he spent 16 years in the Stillwater Central School
District, the majority of it at the elementary level.

He began his
career in Stillwater as an elementary teacher, and
advanced to serve as an elementary assistant principal
and later principal of Stillwater Elementary School. The
school, and the district in general, experienced strong
gains in student performance during his time as
principal.

He began his
professional career as a special education teacher in
South Glens Falls and at the Wildwood School in Latham.Powell
is certified as a school building leader, a special
education teacher and an elementary teacher.

Please welcome him to our school community when you have
an opportunity.

About Montessori
Magnet School

One
of three magnet schools in the City School District of
Albany, the mission of Montessori Magnet School is to
create and support the development of a responsible,
culturally diverse community of individual learners
through diligent work in and adherence to the Montessori
philosophy and method. The school began in 1993 and for
12 years was located in the former Cathedral Academy
near Lincoln Park. In 2005, the school moved to its
current home -- a new building in Westland Hills
equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and technology.

For more information about the
magnet
program and application process, please contact the
district's Magnet Office at 475-6551.